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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2004
Emiko Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Akihide Shiratsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Shikai, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Emiko Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Akihide Shiratsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Shikai, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An identity verification apparatus includes a light source for applying light that can pass through an object to be detected and having a fingerprints to the object to be detected, an image pickup unit for picking up light emitted from the light source and passing through projections of the fingerprint and light emitted from the light source and passing through depressions of the fingerprint, and for generating a fingerprint image including dark portions corresponding to the projections and bright portions corresponding to the depressions, and a signal processing unit for image processing the fingerprint image generated by the image pickup unit to generate fingerprint information, and for verifying an identity based on the fingerprint information.